The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) High Desert District advises the Rock Springs Wild Horse Holding Facility is closed for adoptions until Jan. 2013.

Wild horses being gathered from the North Lander Complex Wild Horse Gather are being brought to the facility and must be health inspected, vaccinated, and test negative for Equine Infectious Anemia before available for adoption or sale to the public. However, public viewing at the facility’s kiosk remains open daily.

The Rock Springs Wild Horse Holding Facility will reopen at the end of January 2013 with an expanded adoption event, including a drawing contest, elementary school field trips, preview day and adoption.

The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's mission is to manage and conserve the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations under our mandate of multiple-use and sustained yield. In Fiscal Year 2013, the BLM generated $4.7 billion in receipts from public lands.